Boys basketball

Tumwater used a 21 point first quarter to build a ten point lead and played even with Capital the rest of the way to survive once again and move on with a 57-49 win in game one of a loser-out doubleheader at WF West. David Cooper scored 20 points and Zach DeLucco added 17 for the T-Birds . They now have a chance to advance to regionals when they face River Ridge on Saturday at Capital High School.

Jason Kananin and River Ridge came out firing on all cylinders and built a 16 point lead after one quarter and scored 50 points in the first half and weathered a late Centralia rally to advance with an 83-77 win in game two at WF West. Kananin scored 31 points and Israel Williams chipped in 18 and the Hawks moved on to play Tumwater on Saturday for a trip to regionals.

Women’s basketball

It took Saint Martin’s over seven minutes to record their first field goal of the game, shot just 20% in the first half and heated up slightly in the second half to shoot 24.6% in the game and dropped a 54-44 decision to Seattle Pacific.

Despite the putrid shooting, the Saints tied the game at 28 with 15:15 left on an Angela Gelhar three pointer. But Suzanna Ohlsen’s layup at the 11:52 mark completed a 10-0 run for the Falcons and the Saints never threatened again and dropped their third straight game and fell into sixth place in the GNAC at 8-7.Ohlsen led all scorers with 25 points with eight rebounds.

The Saints are two games ahead of Northwest Nazarene (6-9) for the last playoff spot with three games left to play.

Men’s basketball

Alaska Anchorage held a 39-12 advantage from behind the three point line and outscored Saint Martin’s by 17 points from the charity stripe to knock off the Saints 88-76. Evan Coulter scored 23 points, Ryan Rogers chipped in 19 and Riley Carel added 17 points with eight assists for the Saints in the loss.